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#24
The
Word Pattern
Brian
Kocourek
Last Sunday we spoke to you about God putting your Faith to the
test for the purpose of Approval. We examined this
whole area of
testing and found that a test is given to measure the degree
of
acceptability. The object is designed with certain standards in
mind and the test is to ensure that those standards
are kept.
The
first thing that must be done in order to create anything
is
that there first must be an idea of what you
want to create. So
the first thing is the THOUGHT. There had to be a thought first.
Within the thought lays all the prescribed Attributes and Charac
teristics
that you want to express in your creation. Now if
you
want to create more than one copy, you must create a
pattern that
will be used to reproduce the copies that you want.
Now a
pattern is something that is used to bring forth copies.
Everything about a pattern is with one purpose
in mind and that
is to reproduce in many what you have in one. Webster
says that a
pattern is a person or thing considered worthy
of imitation or
copying. A model or guide used in making things.
It comes from
the word
Patron which is a person corresponding in some respects
to a Father; a protector or a benefactor.
So
God set out to design and create His Pattern. This Pattern was
brought forth into existence with one
purpose, to bring forth
copies and He wanted copies of Himself. So
God had to express
Himself because He was Eternal thought . So God
brought forth His
Word by expressing His thoughts. His Thoughts became
His Word.
God
wanted to express Himself, or to fulfill Himself. So He
sent
collected together His thoughts and thus created
His Word. JOHN
1:1 <read>. Now, as I said, He had to create a pattern first
and
that pattern of Himself had to be something that was
not just His
thoughts and yet it had to be able to express His
thoughts. So He
brought forth His Word which is actually His thoughts
expressed.
It is He Himself expressed.
PROVERBS
23:7 "FOR
AS A MAN THINKETH IN HIS HEART, SO IS HE."
MATTHEW
SPEAKETH."
His Word then became the pattern by which He could bring forth
His Creation, His Offspring.
God had Predetermined that He would have an Offspring who would
not deviate from this Pattern that He
established. EPHESIANS
1:3-4 <read>.
Now, He could not just create a being and put free moral
agency
within that being and expect them to hold to His
Pattern. So to
prove this, He created a being to worship Him in
Spirit and Truth
and placed within them free moral agency . (He created the an
We find that within these created beings that were given free
moral agency, that even though many
attributes were placed in
them, especially those attributes to
"Worship," yet they would
still fall unless something MORE were done to
ensure that they
would hold to the Pattern He had established. PSALM
148:2 <read>.
We see
that the angels of God were created to worship Him. We
find that they were not only designed to worship Him,
but that He
also placed within them the attributes that
enabled them to
minister
unto Him. PSALM 104: 1-4 <READ>. Mark
Now these attributes had to be tested. God is the
greatest de
signer of all time and as any great engineer or designer
must do,
He wanted to prove out His design, so he
created His angels to a
certain specification. He then wanted to ensure that these creat
ed beings that were brought forth by His pattern would
also meet
His
exact specifications, so He decided that He must prove them.
Now, it's interesting to note that although your pattern
may be
perfect in every way, yet, if the material you
use that will be
formed in that pattern is not correct in every detail, no
matter
how good the pattern is, it will produce a flawed copy.
In castings we use a pattern to make all sorts of fixtures and
things. Let's use
aluminum castings for example. Even if
your
pattern is perfect in every detail, the degree of
integrity of
the casting that will be formed by the pattern
is extremely
dependent on
how pure your metal is that you are molding or
forming. If the metal has flaws in it the casting will
have flaws
in it. The end result of the casting will show under testing to
have air
pockets, bubbles, flash or even found to be cracked and
will not hold up under proper testing. It will either
break or be
broken
under the right pressure.
As we
spoke last week, God had ordained for Himself Children or
Offspring of whom He predestined (which means to
predetermine)
not to
fail. And not only not to fail, but to produce a
correct
result which is to produce PRAISE, HONOR and GLORY. To
come into
His very Image. And What is His Image, but if he is the Word,
then His Offspring must come into the Image of His Word.
His very
Eternal thoughts will then have to be
reflected in this Image.
WUEST:
I PETER 1:7 IN WHICH LAST SEASON YOU ARE TO BE
CON
STANTLY REJOICING WITH A JOY THAT EXPRESSES ITSELF IN A
TRIUM
PHANT EXUBERANCE, ALTHOUGH FOR A LITTLE
WHILE AT THE PRESENT TIME
IF PERCHANCE THERE IS A NEED FOR IT, YOU
HAVE BEEN MADE SORROWFUL
IN THE MIDST OF MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF TESTINGS
IN ORDER THAT
THE APPROVAL OF YOUR FAITH, WHICH FAITH WAS EXAMINED BY
TESTING
FOR THE PURPOSE OF BEING APPROVED, THAT
THE APPROVAL BEING
MUCH
MORE PRECIOUS THAN THE APPROVAL OF GOLD
WHICH PERISHES, EVEN
THOUGH THE GOLD BE APPROVED BY FIRE TESTING, MAY BE
DISCOVERED
AFTER SCRUTINY TO RESULT IN PRAISE AND HONOR AND GLORY
AT THE
TIME OF THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST;
And what they were created to be is in the exact Image of the
Father. the Word expressed.
ROMANS
FOR
WHOM HE FORE-APPROVED, HE ALSO FORE APPOINTED TO BE CONFORMED
UNTO THE IMAGE OF HIS SON.
WUEST:
ROMANS 8:29
THOSE WHOM HE FOREORDAINED HE ALSO MARKED OUT BEFORE HAND TO BE
CONFORMED TO THE
DERIVED IMAGE OF HIS SON.
WEBSTERS:
<DERIVE> TO TRACE FROM OR TO A SOURCE.
DIAGLOTT:
ROMANS 8:29
THOSE
WHOM HE FOREKNEW, HE ALSO PREDETERMINED TO BE COPIES OF THE
LIKENESS OF HIS SON.
LAMSA:
ROMANS 8:29
HE
KNEW THEM IN ADVANCE, AND HE MARKED THEM WITH THE LIKENESS
OF
THE IMAGE OF HIS SON...
Now, we see that God then created the angels to worship
Him and
to minister unto him. But we see also that God
put them to the
test. Now the test comes when he gives us free moral
agency and
He tests us to see what we will do with
it. He gives us the Word
test. I JOHN 4:1 - 3 <read>
Now,
let's see how he tested the angels.
REV
12: 3 - 4, 9 Now we see here the end result of the
test. But
notice what caused them to be proven to come short of the
mark.
If you will notice verse 4A. His tail, Brother Branham said it
was not T.A.I.L. bit the T.A.L.E. that he told. ISA
Now
we know that the Pattern was Christ, The Word of God. But
if
you will notice the first one to come forth in creation
after the
PAttern Itself, was an exact copy of the original in every
way
except one detail. EZ 28:12 -
14. HE WAS THE
ANOINTED CHERUB.
Now there were two anointed Cherubs in heaven who both
lead in
the worship of God. The Pattern Himself, Christ and this other
one who was also a Christ because the word
Christ means an
anointed one. And He was an anointed Cherub. We
see the Pattern
which was given to Moses was a pattern of that which was
fash
ioned in heaven. EX 25: 17 - 22.
REV
12: 7 - 9. Notice here that Michael who was Christ
prevailed
over Lucifer. But why did Lucifer fall?
What caused the first
copy off of the Pattern to fall anyway. He just could not
hold to
God's Word PAttern
and so he fell.
If the
Pattern was perfect, then there could be only one other
explanation as to why he cracked. Remember, the scripture said he
was perfect in all his ways until something happened.
Iniquity
was found in Him. This word iniquity here is a word in
the Hebrew
tongue that means to distort. A
distortion or a perversion. There
was something about him that was different than the
original. And
if the Original were the Thoughts of God then the
distortion come
because there was something that was added to his material
makeup
that was outside of Gods perfect Thoughts.
So
here we have a perfect picture of a perfect God who created
a
perfect pattern, but unless the material was out of
the same
batch as the original, you can not guarantee the
results. And
unless your thoughts are Gods thought, what good will
free moral
agency do for you. JOHN
Now here it is, catch it. Unless you were made
from the same
material as the pattern which is Christ, It doesn't matter
how
close you come to the Pattern, you will still
fail because the
only thing that can not fail is Gods own life and unless
you are
living by His own Life, unless the material you
possess comes
from the right source, it will have some impurity, some
iniquity
in it. And it is destined to fail.
I
JOHN 4: 4 - 6, 17 Here is the key. As He is so
are we. We are
BONE OF HIS BONE AND FLESH OF HIS FLESH. If we are not made of
the Eternal substance of His Word we have no hope.
EPH
WHEN
CHRIST WHO IS OUR LIFE SHALL APPEAR, <when He shall
manifest Himself in His true character>, THEN SHALL WE
APPEAR
WITH HIM IN GLORY. <Then shall we manifest in our true
character
with Him in Glory, In Doxa,
In His very OPINION and Judgment.>
DIAGLOTT:
I PETER 1:7
SO THAT THE PROOF OF YOUR FAITH ...MAY BE FOUND UNTO
PRAISE,
HONOR AND GLORY AT THE
REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST.
LAMSA:
I PETER 1:7
SO THAT THE PROOF OF YOU FAITH...MAY BE MADE MANIFEST FOR
THE
GLORY AND HONOR AND PRAISE AT THE APPEARING OF JESUS CHRIST.
IN ORDER THAT THE PROVING OF YOUR FAITH... MAY BE
FOUND UNTO
PRAISE AND GLORY AND HONOR IN THE
REVEALING OF JESUS CHRIST.
LOOK
pp. 135 - 138. He's here and they not only forget about
His
Presence, but are they not even aware of His
Presence. How could
that be. Because they were not bone of His bone and flesh of His
flesh.
MATT
7: 21 - 23 <read>
I
NEVER KNEW YOU. I NEVER
GINOSKO YOU. GINOSKO is more than a
form of understanding or knowledge, it also shows a
relationship
as Mary used the same word when she said, How can I bare
a child
having Known no man. She was inferring to an intimate relation
ship which she had not had. And Jesus is saying, DEPART FROM ME
FOR I NEVER KNEW YOU. There is nothing
familiar or family-er
about them. I am not one of you.
But we
see another promise in scripture pertaining to those who
are flesh of His flesh and Bone of His bone.
JOHN
14: 20 - 21 <read>
JOHN
17: 20 - 23 <read>
JOHN
20: 17 <read>
And
if We have the same Father, then we have the same attributes.